Nick Cannon has been on the receiving end of a ton of backlash for anti-Semitic comments he made on his podcast show Cannon’s Class while speaking with former Public Enemy member Professor Griff. A public apology for his hurtful statements closely followed, causing him even more backlash.
T.I. recently stopped by The Breakfast Club, and during his interview, he spoke about Nick, and weighed in on “cancel culture.”
“I just really feel like if a mistake was made, then he has to rectify that mistake. But it ain’t our job to cancel him,” the rapper began. “First of all, let’s look at Nick Cannon’s career and his reputation. Look at how many Black people he put in position and helped and got off of zero. Look at how time after time after time, he’s made contributions to the culture,”
“You gotta give him consideration. You must give him consideration. Fair and reasonable consideration. We must hold him accountable if necessary, but we can’t just discount and discard our people because don’t no one else do they people like that. Why we expected to throw ours away when they make a mistake,” TIP continued.
“Whether you agree or disagree with the apology, you don’t use it to slander or villainize one of our national treasures,” he said. “You just can’t do that. We as a people can’t afford to do that.”
Cannon’s comments resulted in him being let go from his long-standing relationship with ViacomCBS. He even admitted to having some dark thoughts amid all the backlash he was receiving, feeling that his own community turned against him for apologizing.
“I hurt an entire community, and it pained me to my core, I thought it couldn’t get any worse. Then I watched my own community turn on me and call me a sell-out for apologizing. Goodnight. Enjoy Earth,” Cannon tweeted on Friday.
